Channel A 'Baseball queen' director general Park Se-ri challenges baseball for the first time in her life and opens an on-the-spot "counseling center" for players who have fallen into a "slump".
On the 16th, in episode 4 of Channel A sports variety show "Baseball queen," the "Black Queens," a team of 15 legendary women who came together through baseball, are shown revealing bottled-up feelings while having a team dinner after finishing their first official game against the Korean National Police Agency women's baseball team.
At that dinner, director general Park Se-ri cautiously asks, "Is there anything difficult while training?" 'Tennis legend' Song Ah's eyes immediately became moist, and she confessed, "The pressure hit me late." Song Ah had entered as the second pitcher in the first game but was quickly pulled because of control problems. Responding to Song Ah's upset remarks, 'boxing legend' Choi Hyun-mi empathized and revealed her own worries. She opened up, "In 25 years of exercising, I've never had my self-esteem hit the floor like this before," and 'rhythmic gymnastics fairy' Shin Su-ji confessed, "I train every day, but I'm upset that my skills aren't improving compared with my passion." When speed skating medalist Kim Bo-reum also voiced her difficult inner feelings, director general Park Se-ri opened an on-the-spot "problem counseling center." Park Se-ri told the players, "You have to make a lot of mistakes to grow faster," and gave them tailored prescriptions.
The "Black Queens," who built teamwork through the dinner, enter their second official game a few days later. Their opponent is the Busters, a two-time winner of the national tournament Future League, and coach Yoon Seok-min explains, "The team batting average is 0.374, and their Future League winning percentage is an astonishing 12 wins in 13 games, 92%." With everyone frozen, manager Choo Shin-soo announced the starting lineup for the day. However, the lineup is a complete shock compared with the first game, surprising the players. In particular, Ayaka is placed in a position she is taking on for the first time, causing a "panic in her eyes," and manager Choo Shin-soo coldly asks, "You can't do that?" to draw out Ayaka's fighting spirit.
Meanwhile, Channel A 'Baseball queen' is a sports variety show in which 15 female athletes who were "sports legends" in different disciplines form Korea's 50th women's baseball team, the "Black Queens," and grow with the goal of "winning the national women's baseball tournament." It ranked eighth in the TV non-drama topicality category in Good Data Corporation FUNdex's first week of December, ranked first for two consecutive weeks in Tuesday TV non-drama topicality, and swept top ranks on OTT charts for Netflix, Wavve, TVING and Coupang Play, becoming a runaway favorite as a pro baseball offseason "killing content."
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